Tropical Storm Bonnie

Aug 3, 2004 to Aug 14, 2004Peak 63 mph1001 mb

Tropical Storm Bonnie passed within 50 miles of 5 counties in FL. It was strongest near Okaloosa County, FL, as a tropical storm on August 12, 2004.

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Watch how it happened

Tropical Storm Bonnie · 2004

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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From space

Tropical Storm Bonnie on August 11, 2004, about 22 hours before landfall in Franklin County, FL.

Tropical Storm Bonnie on August 11, 2004, about 22 hours before landfall in Franklin County, FL.
True-colour image from MODIS, aboard NASA’s Terra satellite, on its late-morning pass, around 16:27 UTC. Imagery: NASA Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System.

The storm

Peak strength
Tropical storm
63 mph, 55 kt
Lowest pressure
1001 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
5
FL
Counties within 100 miles
11
AL, FL
Strongest near the U.S.
Tropical storm
Okaloosa County, FL, 88.5 mi, Aug 12, 2004
Landfalls recorded
1
Anywhere on the track

Every county it passed

Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.

Counties within 100 miles
Franklin CountyFL1.1Tropical stormAug 12, 2004
Liberty CountyFL7.7Tropical stormAug 12, 2004
Gulf CountyFL9.4Tropical stormAug 12, 2004
Bay CountyFL28.3Tropical stormAug 12, 2004
Calhoun CountyFL35.6Tropical stormAug 12, 2004
Jackson CountyFL53.9Tropical stormAug 12, 2004
Washington CountyFL61.8Tropical stormAug 12, 2004
Walton CountyFL70.8Tropical stormAug 12, 2004
Holmes CountyFL83.4Tropical stormAug 12, 2004
Okaloosa CountyFL88.5Tropical stormAug 12, 2004
Geneva CountyAL94.2Tropical stormAug 12, 2004

Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.